Bhaag Milkha Bhaag movie 2013 : Hindi Film

Bhaag Milkha Bhaag movie is a 2013 Bollywood biopic of Milkha Singh – sports drama film directer is Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra while a script writer is Prasoon Joshi produced under banner of ROMP Pictures. The story is based on the life of Milkha Singh, an Indian athlete who was a national champion runner and an Olympian.

It starring Farhan Akhtar in the title role (Milkha Singh) with Sonam K Ahuja, Divya Dutta, Meesha Shafi, Pavan Malhotra, Yograj Singh, Art Malik and Prakash Raj in supporting roles. Sports was co-ordinated by the American action director Rob Miller of ReelSports. Farhan Akhtar, the playing Milkha Singh, going for exhaustive training sessions lasting 18 months to get a muscular body.

Bhaag Milkha Bhaag movie is releasing on 12th July, 2013 with Highly positive critics reviews and also Box office India declared Super-Hit status, with Making cost around 30 Crore INR and Worldwide collected 168 Crore INR. The film is the sixth highest grossing 2013 Bollywood film worldwide and became the 21st film to gross 100 Crore club.

Milkha Singh and his daughter, Sonia Sanwalka, co-wrote his autobiography, named The Race of My Life. The book inspired Bhaag Milkha Bhaag. Milkha Singh sold the film rights for one rupee and inserted a clause stating that a share of the profits would be given to the Milkha Singh Charitable Trust. The Trust was founded in 2003 with the aim of assisting poor and needy sportspeople.

• Directer : Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra
• Producer : Rajiv Tandon,Raghav Bahl,Maitreyee Dasgupta,Madhav Roy Kapur,Rachvin Narula,Shyam P.S,Navmeet Singh,P. S. Bharathi
• Writer : Prasoon Joshi
• Starring : Farhan Akhtar,Sonam Kapoor,Meesha Shafi,Pawan Malhotra
• Music : Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy
• Cinematography : Binod Pradhan
• Editor : P. S. Bharathi
• Production company : ROMP Pictures
• Distributor : Viacom 18 Motion Pictures
• Genres : Biography, Sports-Drama
• Release date : 12 July 2013
• Running time : 189 minutes
• Country : India
• Language : Hindi.

Bhaag Milkha Bhaag movie trailer :

Star cast of the film :

• Farhan Akhtar as a Milkha Singh
• Sonam Kapoor as a Biro
• Pavan Malhotra as a Milkha Singh’s Coach / Gurudev Singh
• Art Malik as a Sampuran Singh / Milkha Singh’s father
• Divya Dutta as a Isri Kaur / Milkha Singh’s elder sister
• Japtej Singh as a Milkha Singh (Childhood)
• Yograj Singh as a Indian Coach / Ranveer Singh
• Siddharth Bhardwaj as a Constable Phool Singh
• Jass Bhatia as a Mahinder
• Rebecca Breeds as a Stella
• Divjot Singh Chandhok as a Colonel
• Chinmay Chandraunshuh as a Sampreet / Milkha Singh’s friend
• Chandan Gill as a Sampreet Singh
• Dev Gill as a Abdul Khaliq
• Shveta Grover
• Sumit Gulati as a Suresh kumar
• Sanjay Gurbaxani as a Army Officer
• Hikaru Ito as a Emperor of Japan
• Shanta Kumar as a Gen. Ayub Khan
• Marcel Alexander Larsen as a German runner
• Shelley Marshall as a Dancer / Stella’s Friend
• Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra as a Pilot / Self
• Poorva Neeraj as a Sampreet’s Wife
• Diana Pinto as a Air hostess
• Md. Sahidur Rahaman as a Rana
• Sahidur Rahaman as a Sher singh Rana
• K.K. Raina as a Mr. Wadhwa
• Prakash Raj as a Army Officer
• Yash Saxena
• Meesha Shafi as a Perizaad
• Nawab Shah as a Javed Sheikh / Pakistan National Team Coach
• Geeta Agrawal Sharma as a Milkha Singh’s mother
• Shriswara as a Nimmi
• Bharat Singal as a Champion Athlete
• Dalip Tahil as a Jawahar Lal Nehru
• Herry Tangiri as a Taran Singh
• Richard White as a Coach Peter Hamilton
• Preity Üpala as a Journalist (2013)
• Ranjit Batra as a Politician at Prime Minister’s farewell Tea Party

Pre-Post Production :

Pre-Production :

After the release of Delhi-6 (2009), director Om Prakash Mehra started developing two projects: a historical love story, Mirza Sahiban, and a biopic of Milkha Singh. The biopic developed better, and he chose the latter. Prasoon Joshi, who co-wrote Delhi-6 with Mehra, started working on the script.

Prasoon Joshi later clarified that the film’s name, Bhaag Milkha Bhaag (Run Milkha Run) was never actually spoken by Milkha’s father. Rather, it was phrase coined by him and was used liberally throughout the narrative.

Growing up in Delhi, Mehra was familiar with anecdotes from the life of Milkha Singh, the ace runner popular as “Flying Sikh”. He used to visit the National Stadium, Delhi for swimming, where Singh also came for his practice. Gradually, he came to know details regarding his early life, including how he witnessed his entire family being killed during the partition and travelled alone to Delhi as a refugee. Mehra started developing the project as personal story rather than a sports film, taking the theme of “zindagi se bhago nahin, zindagi ke saath bhago” (“don’t run away from life, run with life”), depicting his life from 13 to 28 years.

For research, he visited Chandigarh several times, where he talked for hours with Singh. Jeev Milkha Singh, the son of Milkha Singh and a notable golfer, arranged his meetings with the family members. Milkha Singh refused a large offer for allowing his story to be adapted and charged a token amount of ₹1 (1.4¢ US), as he believed if the film could “inspire our young people and result in India’s first Olympic track gold, that would [be] reward enough for him.”

It took the next two and half years to write the story. According to the director, it is not a sports film, but a film about human spirit.

Casting :

In 2010, early contenders of the lead role were Abhishek Bachchan and Akshay Kumar. While Abhishek was preferred by Mehra, Akshay Kumar was preferred by Milkha Singh. However, Mehra deferred the final decision on the cast till the final script was completed. After months of search, in September 2011, the principal cast were announced. Actor-director Farhan Akhtar and Sonam Kapoor received the lead roles. Thereafter, Akhtar visited Punjab to meet Milkha Singh and his family. Before deciding, Akhtar met Mehra once for a story session and immediately agreed to play the role. He was inspired by Milkha Singh’s life and underwent extensive physical training for the role.

Pakistani actress and singer, Meesha Shafi — who got fame after her song “Alif Allah (Jugni),” played RAW agent in the hit Pakistani film Waar and in 2013 made her Hollywood debut with The Reluctant Fundamentalist — was selected for the role of Perizaad (Milkha Singh’s best friend).

Film Shooting :

The pfilm shooting started in February 2012 and mainly took place in Punjab, India, with some scenes shot in Delhi, Tokyo, Melbourne and Rome.

International company ReelSports coordinated the sports action for Bhaag Milkha Bhaag and cast all the elite runners.

Bhaag Milkha Bhaag movie Songs / Music :

This film music director are Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, while all songs lyrics writer is Prasoon Joshi.

• “Gurbani”…………Daler Mehndi
• “Zinda”…………….Siddharth Mahadevan
• “Mera Yaar”……Javed Bashir
• “Maston Ka Jhund”……..Divya Kumar
• “Bhaag Milkha Bhaag”………Arif Lohar
• “Slow Motion Angreza”……Sukhwinder Singh, Shankar Mahadevan, Loy Mendonsa
• “O Rangrez”…………………..Shreya Ghoshal, Javed Bashir
• “Bhaag Milkha Bhaag (Rock Version)”…….Siddharth Mahadevan

“Bhaag Milkha Bhaag” full song :

• Singer : Siddharth Mahadevan
• Composer : Shankar Ehsaan Loy
• Lyricist : Prasoon Joshi
• Music Label : Sony Music Entertainment India Pvt. Ltd.

“Maston Ka Jhund” full video song :

• Singer : Javed Bashir
• Composer : Shankar Ehsaan Loy
• Lyricist : Prasoon Joshi
• Music Label : Sony Music Entertainment India Pvt. Ltd.

“O Rangrez” full video song :

• Singer : Divya Kumar
• Composer : Shankar Ehsaan Loy
• Lyricist : Prasoon Joshi
• Music Label : Sony Music Entertainment India Pvt. Ltd.

Review of the film :

This film reviews are highly positive from critics and also from audience as well and become Super-Hit at the Box office.

Critics review :

• Times of India critics gave 4 star from 5 star and stated that “Cinematography is ace (Binod Pradhan); the music (Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy) heightens the drama. Prasoon’s writing is powerful, lyrics are pure poetry and emotions robustly sweep the scenes with few dialogues. While there’s a lot to marvel at, a hint of the director’s over-indulgence in the art, results in a long ‘runtime’ and prolonged scenes that distract. Farhan is fantastic! He peeps through Milkha’s core to essay this role. With an awe-inspiring body, grit and guts, he puts blood and sweat into Milkha. He races like an athlete, breaks into bhangra like a proud sardar and shows prowess of a Punjab-da-sher. In a brief role, Sonam prettily breezes through. Pavan and Divya (Singh’s sister) are outstanding. Overall, ‘BMB’ pulsates with the storyteller’s sheer passion all the way to the finish line.”
• Saibal Chatterjee from NDTV rated the lowest among others and gave 2.5 star from 5 star.
• DNA critics gave 4 star from 5 star and writes that ”Bhaag Milkha Bhaag’ is an intense bio-drama Some lives are made for the big screen. Milkha Singh’s certainly is one. It has everything.”

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Bhaag Milkha Bhaag movie Awards :

Box office collection :

• Screens : 1650
• Day 1 – Friday………..8.50 Cr
• Day 2 – Saturday…….11.10 Cr
• Day 3 – Sunday………12.70 Cr
• Day 4 – Monday………5.65 Cr
• Day 5 – Tuesday………….5.37 Cr
• Day 6 – Wednesday……..4.87 Cr
• Day 7 – Thursday………4.25 Cr
• Week 1 Collection………..52.44 Cr
• Day 8 – Friday…………..4.05 Cr
• Day 9 – Saturday………5.75 Cr
• Day 10 – Sunday………6.80 Cr
• Day 11 – Monday…………2.50 Cr
• Day 12 – Tuesday…………2.45 Cr
• Day 13 – Wednesday…….2.40 Cr
• Day 14 – Thursday………..2.10 Cr
• Week 2 Collection…………26.05 Cr
• Day 15 – Friday…………….2.50 Cr
• Day 16 – Saturday………..3.50 Cr
• Day 17 – Sunday…………..4.90 Cr
• Day 18 – Monday………….1.50 Cr
• Day 19 – Tuesday…………..1.30 Cr
• Day 20 – Wednesday……..1.20 Cr
• Day 21 – Thursday…………1.25 Cr
• Week 4 Collection…………6.05 Cr
• Week 5 Collection………..4.55 Cr
• Week 6 Collection………..2.45 Cr
• Week 7 Collection………..1.11 Cr
• India Net Collection……………108.80 Cr

• India Collection Gross………146.88 Cr
• Overseas Collection……………21.12 Cr
• Worldwide Gross Collection……..168.00 Cr
• Bhaag Milkha Bhaag movie Budget : …….30.00 Cr
• Bhaag Milkha Bhaag movie Verdict : SUPER-HIT

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